From the Director-Spring Has Certainly Sprung This Week

KenTon Newsletter MAY 2013

From the Director- Jumping June bug it’s Our days in the Nursery are very busy. graduation time. We are all jumping for joy!! Besides the normal feeding, sleeping and We will be moving to our new rooms this changing, everyday, we sing our favorite songs month and having fun exploring them. such as, “Oh Mr. Sun!” and “Twinkle Twinkle We are also re-registering this month Little Star” in addition to our several fingerplays that have become familiar to the children. We so please hand in your registration packets use hand puppets and hand motions with our as soon as possible. We are looking songs and include the babies names as well forward to having all our friends return to us. which really brings smiles to their faces. Miss Melissa in Toddler 3 is starting Reading is a regular part of our day too. her maternity leave early. We wish her the We choose for their repetitive rhythm, attractive best and look forward to seeing that pictures and use of diversity. gorgeous little baby. Good Luck Miss I would like to conclude with a quote Melissa!! from an edition of “Foundations of early Please check to see if your child has Childhood Education”.. Believe it or not, care extra clothes in their cubbies. If you have giving is an important time for early literacy any extra clothes that you would like to development. During these essential activities of daily living, if caregivers use language in donate we would gladly accept them. context, infants learn vocabulary, such as body parts, without ever having “lessons”. Miss Millie

Miss Mary

Nursery 2 – This is moving up month to Toddler 1. We are preparing for the upcoming Nursery 1 – “Flower Power” is this move through following a new schedule, month’s theme in Nursery one. As a lead sleeping on cots, and having a new sleeping teacher I try to have the room’s decorations schedule. We can’t wait to be big toddlers. reflect our themes. Being that we spend a good We will continue our walks and our fun part of our day in the classroom, I try to make times outside. Please remember the sunscreen the environment colorful and full of different if you haven’t brought any in already. shapes and patterns. I also try to use 3D art and I will be moving onto preschool but it has occasionally copies of original art that you may been a joy working with your children. see in a museum. The babies are really enjoying our ball Miss Carmela pit. It serves as a sensory experience for our youngest babies as they kick, throw, and feel. They also like the sounds the balls make against the wall of the plastic pool. KenTon Newsletter MAY 2013

This is a busy month!!! We have started to practice our songs and poems for moving up day!! We have a few friends who are moving up and we wish them the best of luck. June’s theme is Mother Gooseand we get to meet with Mother Goose and all of her friends in Mother Goose land. If the end of May was any indication of the weather will be like, we are in for a hot Junbe. We will be playing in the water table, sparya water bottles and use the sprinkler.Please make sure your child has extra clothes in their cubbies along with old sneakers or water shoes.

Toddler 1 – The month of June is an exciting Miss Kari one. With that warm we rather approaching, please make sure we have sunscreen for your child.. That warm weather brings a change of clothes, which is what we ask you to bring for you child. Please update your child’s extra clothing so it matches with the weather. We want to welcome a new child Jusiah to our classroom. He is getting comfortable and acquainted with his new friends. For the month of June we are getting loose with Mother Goose. The Old Lady That Lives in a Shoe, Hickory Dickory Dock, Jack and Jill and many more. We are looking forward to June!! Miss Laura Toddler 3 – Welcome June and June bugs! We have some exciting things to come this month. Our theme for the month is Nursery Rhymes Rhyming and repetition will be focused on. We will be doing lots of activities for Mother Goose, Little Kittens who lost their Mittens, Little Miss Muffet, and many more. That grass we grew last month is still growing with all the water and sun we have given it. It has had many “ hair cuts” too. Moving up day is coming and all my friends are looking forward to being big Preschoolers. I will Toddler 2 – Hello Friends!! I would like to miss having them with me everyday. Our moving up th start by welcoming a few new friends to our day is Monday June 10 at 6pm. We’ll see you then. class: Nathan, Robert and Evelyn. Hope they As sad as I am to see my friends go I am enjoy being in the class as much as we enjoy excited to welcome my new friends too. We will be spending lots of time outdoors having them. and there are some essential items you will need. A KenTon Newsletter MAY 2013 towel, bathing suit, old sneakers or water shoes and a Preschool 2 - Preschool 2 has beome hat for outside play and sunscreen is a must too. Mother Goose masters. We love to sing rap All our love and best wishes goes to Miss act out or recite all of the silly nursery Melissa as she starts her maternity leave early! We rhymes that we have learned.We even will miss you!! As always if you have any questions or made our very own nursery rhyme books to concerns feel free to contact me. I will make myself read at hiome. Your child is sure to sing available to meet with you. along with you if you ask them.! The beginning of June means the end of Preschool 2 for the school year. This means we are ready for Graduation and Miss Sue moving up day. I will miss my friends moving up but welcome my new friends. June also brings us to warmer weather. That means sprinkler time! Please send in a batyhing suit, water shoes, a towel and a water bottle for our summer fun in the sun. Also be sure your child has appropriate summer change of clothes in their cubbie in case of spills and accidents. June also brings Preschool 2 to a new theme…” Doctor Seuss” This is a great Preschool 1 – Preschool 1 has had a theme to work on rhyming skills. Some of great time learning about colors, rainbows the stories we will read are The Cat in the and science. We made rainbows using hat, Hop on Pop and Horton Hears a Who. paint, glue, paper, food and water. We have As always we will incorporate our theme become rainbow experts finishing off the into our writing center, our art center,and unit with the song “ I See Rainbows” Please our dramatic play center. ask your child about the beautiful colors of the Rainbow. Miss Alysia As the weather has improved we have been enjoying the outdoors- playing with the sand table, water table even walking bare foot in the grass to see how it feels. We will continue go outside as much as possible so please dress accordingly.

Miss Cheryl